Martin Thomas Manton
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| Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | |
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In office March 18, 1918 – February 7, 1939 |
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| Appointed by | Woodrow Wilson |
| Preceded by | Alfred Coxe |
| Succeeded by | Robert Patterson |
| Judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | |
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In office August 23, 1916 – March 18, 1918 |
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| Appointed by | Woodrow Wilson |
| Preceded by | Charles Hough |
| Succeeded by | John Knox |
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| Born |
August 2, 1880 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died |
November 17, 1946 (aged 66) Fayetteville, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Martin Thomas Manton (August 2, 1880 – November 17, 1946) was a United States federal judge in New York City, who resigned and served time in prison for accepting bribes while in office. In 1916 he was the youngest federal judge in the United States. Manton was the first federal judge to be convicted of bribery.
Manton was born on August 2, 1880. He graduated from Columbia Law School in 1901 and worked as a lawyer in private practice in Manhattan for 15 years. In 1915 he was the lawyer for Charles Becker, the New York City police officer who was convicted and executed in the Rosenthal murder trial.
In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson named Manton as a Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
After two years on the District Court, in 1918 Manton was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the federal appeals court for New York, Connecticut, and Vermont.
In 1922, President Warren G. Harding considered appointing Manton to the Supreme Court to succeed Justice William R. Day in what was then regarded as the "Catholic seat" on the Court. Manton encountered opposition led by Chief Justice William Howard Taft, and Harding ultimately appointed Justice Pierce Butler to the seat. Manton continued to serve on the Second Circuit, which during that era was one of the most distinguished courts in American history, including judges such as Learned Hand, Augustus Hand, Charles Merrill Hough, and Thomas Walter Swan.
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